We're running an online 4-week hackathon series with $4,000 in prizes, open to all skill levels!

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Key Points

  • The Locus Paygentic Hackathon Series is a four-week, four-track online hackathon offering $4,000 in total prizes, designed to emphasize working products over polished presentations.
  • Week 1 team sign-ups are open on Devfolio, with each week running from Friday to the following Thursday and a new track starting the next day.
  • Participants can enter for free with teams of 1–4 and receive $15 in build credits plus $15 in Locus credits to develop their projects.
  • Week 1 requires building using PayWithLocus, including meaningful use of its payments and commerce suite where AI agents handle real transactions.
  • The hackathon will be hosted in the Locus Discord, providing an ongoing community for builders during the week while projects are developed.

Most hackathons reward presentations. Polished slides, rehearsed demos, buzzword-heavy pitches.

We're not doing that.

The Locus Paygentic Hackathon Series is 4 weeks, 4 tracks, and $4,000 in total prizes. Each week starts fresh on Friday and closes the following Thursday, then the next track kicks off the day after. One week to build something that actually works.

Week 1 sign-ups are live on Devfolio.

The track: build something using PayWithLocus. If you haven't used it, PayWithLocus is our payments and commerce suite. It lets AI agents handle real transactions, not just simulate them. Your project should use it in a meaningful way.

Here's everything you need to know:

  • Team sizes of 1 to 4 people
  • Free to enter
  • Every team gets $15 in build credits and $15 in Locus credits to work with
  • Hosted in our Discord server

We built this series around the different verticals of Locus because we want to see what the community builds across the stack, not just one use case, but four, over four consecutive weeks.

If you've been looking for an excuse to build something with AI payments or agent-native commerce, this is it. Low barrier to entry, real credits to work with, and a community of builders in the server throughout the week.

Drop your team in the Discord and let's see what you build.

discord.gg/locus | paygentic-week1.devfolio.co

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